DYNAMICS: EXPLANATORY PARTICLE MODELS
UNIT IV: FREE PARTICLE MODEL
Inertia and interactions
INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS
Newton's 1st law (Galileo's thought experiment)
Inertial reference frames
Interaction and force
Newton's 3rd law
Superposition principle
FP’s dynamical property, force diagrams and motion maps
Statics: equilibrium of a particle


LAB NOTES & INSTRUCTIONAL COMMENTS:
Soccer ball, the normal force, weight vs mass, statics, paired forces,

Gravitational Force lab

STUDENT MATERIALS - Force diagrams
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Physics of NFL
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Vector Calculators


SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS
Trigonometric approach to vector analysis Phet
Vector Addition
Click to Run

Spreadsheets and vector analysis







UNIT V: CONSTANT FORCE PARTICLE MODEL
Force as Cause of Acceleration in Linear Translation
INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS
Newton's 2nd law
CFP’s dynamical properties, force diagrams and motion maps
Friction
Modeling in paradigm problems
LAB NOTES & INSTRUCTIONAL COMMENTS:

Unit V Worksheet Help



Modified Atwood's Machine Lab, Friction Lab
STUDENT MATERIALS - Types of friction


Inertial Mass



















Gravitational Mass


















Equivalent Principal

















Free Body Diagram



















Gravitational Force -


Gravity Vectors -


Forces


Interaction Forces


Newton's Laws